Derek Levinson

Email: derek dot levinson at unt dot edu

Office: GAB 469

I received my PhD from UCLA in 2023 under the supervision of Itay Neeman. I'm interested in set theory, especially descriptive inner model theory.

Teaching

• Fall 2024:

  • • Math 1720 (Calculus II) 

    • Math 1100 (Algebra) 

• Prior teaching at UCLA:

  • • Spring 2024: Math 174E (Mathematical Finance)

    • Winter 2024: Math 170E (Introduction to Probability and Statistics) 

    • Fall 2023: Math 170E (Introduction to Probability and Statistics)  

Articles

• (with Nam Trang) Derived Models and PFA, submitted, arXiv.

• Unreachability of 𝚪2n+1,m, submitted, arXiv .

• (with Itay Neeman and Grigor Sargsyan) Unreachability of Inductive-Like Pointclasses in L(R), submitted, arXiv.

Review Articles

• Review of HOD as a Core Model, by John Steel and Hugh Woodin, Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, vol 29 (2023), pp. 656 - 657.

Invited Conference Talks

• PFA and Derived Models, Arctic Set Theory Workshop, University of Helsinki, February 2025

• Unreachability in the Second Projective-Like Hierarchy, Determinacy, Inner Models and Forcing Axioms, Erwin Schrodinger Institute, June 2024

• Unreachability of Pointclasses in L(R), 2nd Irvine Conference on Inner Model Theory, University of California Irvine, July 2023 

• Unreachability of 𝛅21 , 5th Muenster Conference on Inner Model Theory, University of Muenster, June 2022

Seminar and Contributed Talks

• PFA and Derived Models , Rutgers Logic Seminar, Rutgers University, January 2025, Slides 

• Unreachability of 𝚪nm  , BLAST, University of North Texas, April 2024, Slides 

• Unreachability of 𝚪nm  , UCI Logic Seminar, University of California Irvine, November 2023

• Unreachability of Pointclasses in L(R) , UCI Logic Seminar, University of California Irvine, January 2023

• Unreachability of Pointclasses in L(R),  Core Model Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, October 2022, Talk 1 , Talk 2

• Unreachability of Pointclasses in L(R) , UNT Logic Seminar, University of North Texas, October 2022, Slides 

• Mice and Scales, UCLA Logic Seminar, University of California Los Angeles, November 2021

About Me

I grew up in Washington, DC. I wanted to be a mathematician ever since my dad told me I wasn't going to make the NBA. When not doing math or watching basketball, I enjoy reading, running, and tennis.